Francesco Salviati

Francesco Salviati or Francesco de' Rossi(1510 – 11 November 1563) was an ItalianManneristpainter who lived and worked inFlorence, with periods inBolognaandVenice, ending with a long period inRome, where he died. He is known by various names, usually the adopted one ofFrancesco SalviatiorIl Salviati, after an early patron, but also Francesco Rossi and Cecchino del Salviati.

He worked infrescoand oils, on ambitioushistory paintings, but also painted many portraits, and designed tapestries for theMedici.

Salviati was born in Florence. He apprenticed underGiuliano Bugiardini,Baccio Bandinelli,Andrea del Brescianino,[2]and finally (in 1529–1530)Andrea del Sarto. In 1531 he travelled to Rome, where he met another pupil of Bandinelli's,Giorgio Vasari, and helped to complete the frescoes on theLife of John the Baptistin thePalazzo Salviatifor his patron, theCardinal Giovanni Salviati. It is from his attachment to this household that he took on the surname.

In Rome he frescoed anAnnunciationin the church ofSan Francesco a Ripa(1533–1535). His mature style has Mannerist contortions and crowded scenes similar to the output ofGiulio Romano. In 1538 he joinedJacopino del Conte, completing a fresco of theVisitationfor the Oratory ofSan Giovanni Battista Decollatoin Rome, the church of a Florentine fraternity ministering to persons who had been condemned to execution.

Salviati painted inBolognain 1540 alongside Vasari, and stayed for a brief time in Venice, where he frescoed decorations for thePalazzo Grimani di Santa Maria Formosain an antique style. During this period his style shows the influences ofParmigianino. His many portrait paintings can sometimes be confused forBronzino.

In 1543 Salviati returned to Florence. Working forCosimo I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany, he completed a fresco decoration eulogizing the Medici family (theTriumph of Camillusin the Sala dell'Udienza of thePalazzo Vecchio, 1543–1545). He also designed tapestry cartoons for the recently established Arazzeria, includingEcce Homo, theResurrection, andJoseph explains the Pharaoh's dreams. The latter commission was awarded after a competition, which pitted him against his contemporary Florentine ManneristsBronzinoandPontormo. He painted aDepositionaltarpiece forSanta Crocein 1547–1548. This crowded and complex subject was a key one for Italian painters of the Late Renaissance.

He often travelled to Rome between 1548 and 1563, to complete various fresco series, such as theWedding at Canain the Oratory of the Piceni, aBirth of John the Baptistin the Oratory ofSan Giovanni Battista Decollato, in thePalazzo della Cancelleria(Pallium Cappella), in thePalazzo Sacchetti(Life of David), and in thePalazzo Farnese.

He died in Rome on 11 November 1563.

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